We needed to differentiate ourselves from the broader community recovery work so focused specifically on working with artists, arts workers, venues, organizations, volunteers and cultural workers

The term Arts Corps was not embraced by people we engaged

Disaster’s exacerbate the issues already in existed for regional arts

Greater need for networking within community and across the sector

Arts sector not in a growth phase – where as the community development sector expanded significantly as a result of financial investment in the industry requirements

Timeframes have blown out

Visits to community have been increased tenfold due to the need for face to face contact

We trialed a range of decision-making processes as people so strongly told us they felt invisible in the broader decision making frameworks

Being really transparent about all material created by artists and community members and also getting permission for usage, as well as ensuring local people always own their own art works, images, data